Where Oh Where is T.W.O.?

Alive – but busy on other projects.
I have a body of work to get out there via this site that scares even me but all in good time. I dont believe things happen when they are supposed to. Not having the time or state of mind to get it done is just painfully annoying but [...]

What if we are wrong…??

No seriously. Its a pretty valid question.
What if every assistant to every respected climatologist in the world just happened to spill coffee on the bosses computer and mess up the raw data coming out of the atmosphere?
Or what if we are all miscalculating the facts in front of us and projecting Armageddon too early?
What if [...]

I am HUGELY pessimistic about our chances

Probably not the most optimistic title to begin with after a short hiatus from the world of blogging (Electric Picnic and Portugal).
But its true.
You read the evidence, you come to understand the real problems we are facing as a global nation, you look into the solutions being proposed and actively pursued, you compare what is [...]

The Celtic Tiger – A Short Retrospective

Alot of people made some money.
Some people made alot of money.
As always, most did their best with what they had.
Everybody served the system well.
We ‘progressed’ and we ‘developed’, but are we really prospering?
As the tidal wave we all rode for that small moment in time comes crashing to shore, most will struggle to find meaning [...]

Contemporary humanity and its tireless dedication to contemporary… STUFF!

Had to pop out to the shops there a little earlier to grab a few of the basics. I live in a pretty affluent area (don’t you know). I stress the phrase ‘live in’ rather than ‘belong to’.
Maybe I was a little tired or pissed off or whatever, but for the first time in a [...]

What does a belief in the earth offer humanity?

When we talk about belief we talk about valuing the earth in our everyday lives the way we value our family, friends and community.
At the moment, we live in a State of Separation. Our lives are lived separate from the reality of the earths systems, both physically and philosophically.
One could even argue that many global [...]

What Does It Mean To ‘Believe’ in the Earth?

Believing in the earth is not about assigning yourself to a particular set of cultural rules or historical rituals. It is not about ‘growing into’ or taking on board an existing communal belief system.
It is about whether or not you decide to take on board some basic realities and find fulfilment in the fact that [...]

The need to evolve a more relevant belief system

So the question is ‘what belief systems can we evolve that are based on the reality of the world as we know it today?’
As noted in the previous post, I believe it is unhealthy for a culture and a society to leave its life rituals in the hands of an institution whose work is not [...]

The decline in meaningful life rituals in our society

Despite the decline in the churches influence, no other institution has evolved to perform this function, so naturally people return to what they, their family and their community know.
What follows is not a statement on orgnised religion or an attempt to define ‘the modern’. It is borne of a love of human culture in general [...]

Decline in Western institutionalised religion does not mean we don’t ‘believe’ anymore

I also don’t believe in the idea that because traditional institutionalised religions are losing their following and their popularity in some parts of the world, such as Ireland, that it is indicative of a way of life losing its spirituality and its sense of something greater than itself.
I think the relative decline in traditional values [...]